<p>YPSILANTI, Mich. — A fundraising event for children's art in Michigan has pitted participants with big appetites against 20-foot-long bratwursts that weigh close to 6 pounds.</p><p>Twelve competitors and hundreds of onlookers turned out Thursday night for the Wurst Challenge, raising about $7,000 for the FLY Children's Art Center.</p><p>Jesse Kranyak is a co-owner of The Wurst Bar and says he was excited to host the event at his restaurant.</p><p>He says the restaurant contributed the bratwursts, two of them vegetarian and the others pork and beef mixes. New Holland Brewing Co. donated a keg. Blogger Mark Maynard helped organize.</p><p>The proceeds benefit FLY's Creativity Lab in Ypsilanti (ihp-sih-LAN'-tee), a city of 19,000 that's home to Eastern Michigan University.</p><p>Among the brat-biting competitors were Mayor Paul Schreiber and university President Susan Martin.</p>